MLB Recommends Safety Netting Between Dugouts

Major League Baseball is recommending that teams expand protective netting at stadiums to better shield fans from hard-hit foul balls.

The league announced Wednesday that it is encouraging teams to use netting or some other barrier to protect fans in all field-level seats between the ends of the dugouts closest to home plate and within 70 feet of home plate. MLB has hired a stadium architecture consultant to help teams make the recommended changes.